Longshore Drift is an online magazine published jointly by the Medway Swale Estuary Partnership and Longshore Editions. Its primary focus is the landscape of the north Kent marshes, with occasional diversions into areas of related interest. We welcome submissions from writers, artists, filmmakers, photographers, musicians and craftspeople, who can inspire our readers to explore, understand and appreciate the importance of the area.

Longshore Drift is an online journal published by the Medway Swale Estuary Partnership. Its primary focus is on the natural and historical environments of the north Kent Marshes, with occasional diversions into related areas of interest.

I packed Esoteric Kent into my backpack with something for lunch, a bit of fruit, bottles of water. The walk was only nine miles and we aimed to end up at The Old Neptune in Whitstable by early afternoon for more pints and a decent...

Gingerly I cut back through a carpet of sea purslane and jumped a couple of small creeks, making my way towards the fence and the fields, not seeing that the widest of the ditches lay just in front of the sea bank....

I’m a collage artist and rock climber, and I live in Higham, Kent. The marshes are at the bottom of my road. When I first moved here over thirty years ago I had no idea they existed, and, as I worked long hours in London...

For the last couple of years I’ve been pondering on how to create images of my local area – the north Kent Marshes – in a style that emphasises its big skies, wide open spaces, saltmarsh pools and reed-lined ditches. I’m drawn to reflections, an...

The sun shimmered on a surface that was barely ruffled by a late afternoon’s breeze. The tide was on the ebb. The marsh edges close by were acutely saline scented and the Skipper, in particular, deeply inhaled their distinctive headiness...